News from October 2019
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office is seeking public input on a draft environmental assessment (EA) for a proposed non-motorized trail near Cañon City to expand trails available for hikers and cyclists.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that hospital entities Sanford Health, Sanford Medical Center, and Sanford Clinic (collectively, Sanford), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have agreed to pay $20.25 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims to federal...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy announced on Oct. 16, 2019, that ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) has been awarded the new lease of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s Saint James Marine Terminal and Bayou Choctaw 36-Inch Pipeline (St. James Facility).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Missouri Man was Fifth Man Sentenced for Playing a Role in Largest Organic Grain Fraud Scheme in U.S. History.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 28, 2019 - Four Nashville men received lengthy prison sentences last week for a series of violent crimes connected to investigations in or near the J.C. Napier and Tony Sudekum public housing developments, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: The average life expectancy in America today is higher than in any other period in history and our nation’s senior population is expected to double by 2060. The House today passed the Dignity in Aging Act (H.R. 4334), bipartisan legislation that provides critical social and nutrition services to millions of older Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: A Missouri man who assisted in perpetrating the largest organic grain fraud scheme in United States history was sentenced today to nearly two years in federal prison. Another Missouri man and three farmers from Nebraska were previously sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud customers across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: For Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: How the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act can reduce drug costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN K. BACKMAN, also known as “B," “NYB" and “New York B," 54, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a heroin trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Colby Roy Austin pled guilty to a two count indictment for 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 18 USC 922(g)(1), Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person (Felon). Austin faces a statutory penalty of five to forty years on count one and up to ten years on count two. The sentencing date is set for Jan. 31, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Illinois State Rep. LUIS ARROYO has been charged in federal court with offering a bribe to a fellow state lawmaker in an effort to influence and reward the lawmaker for supporting legislation that would benefit Arroyo’s private lobbying client.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of robbing two banks in the Houston area, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. William Jeffery Ellis pleaded guilty July 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man was sentenced today to three months in federal prison for breaking into the Santa Ana Zoo after hours and stealing North America’s oldest ring-tailed lemur in captivity to keep the endangered animal as his pet.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Michael Lewis Killin, age 46, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Possession Of Firearm In Furtherance Of a Drug Trafficking...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019- 9:30 AM.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man was sentenced today to three months in federal prison for breaking into the Santa Ana Zoo after hours and stealing North America’s oldest ring-tailed lemur in captivity to keep the endangered animal as his pet.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jennifer Dwyer, 49, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud involving the embezzlement of approximately $2.2 million over a ten-year period from her Lyndonville employer...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at 10:00 am in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Vinton, Virginia, man was sentenced to federal prison for a child pornography offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Conner Ray Blevins, 19, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for production of a video of child pornography. Blevins was also sentenced to serve 25 years of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender following his release from prison.
